Kelvin Hopkins and Caroline Lucas go head to head on the question that will be put to British voters in a referendum in June.
Mongolia’s dzud disaster
Plunging temperatures test the survival skills of the country’s nomadic herders, as this photo essay by Madoka Ikegami shows.
'Because the river told me'
Peasant farmers are right to be wary of ‘development’. They have a better system – agroecology – explains Nils McCune.
Is Cambodia’s skyscraper dream a nightmare?
The building work in capital city Phnom Penh may reveal the inadequacies of the country’s ‘progress’, writes David Hutt.
TTIP fatally wounded, but its ‘ugly brother’ is still a threat
We’re still not safe from toxic trade deals, writes Guy Taylor.
Technology as if people mattered
The world's poor are still losing out. They need a better deal, argues Dinyar Godrej.
Ethiopia drought: on the edge of a crisis
Up to 10 million people are currently facing famine, reports Nicola Kelly.
A word with Shazia Mirza
The award-winning comedian and columnist on poverty, banishing Donald Trump, and why all art is useless.
Top stories
Male baldness v malaria?
Simon Trace on the skewed priorities of medical research.
- Simon Trace
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Mongolia’s dzud disaster
Plunging temperatures test the survival skills of the country’s nomadic herders, as this photo essay by Madoka Ikegami shows.
- Madoka Ikegami
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- 10 May 2016
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Mind the technology gap - the facts
Technology can be a big enabler – yet the difference in terms of what’s available to rich and poor is vast.
- Dinyar Godrej
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- 10 May 2016
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'Because the river told me'
Peasant farmers resisting the violence of agribusiness. By Nils McCune.
- Nils McCune
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- 9 May 2016
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Technology as if people mattered*
The world’s poor are still losing out. They need a better deal, argues Dinyar Godrej.
- Dinyar Godrej
- Issue 492
- 3 May 2016
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A word with Shazia Mirza
Comedian Shazia Mirza reveals her inspirations, fears and political passions.
Blogs
Pt 1: A British-Syrian’s experience of a refugee's journey
The reality of civil war and migration rips identity apart while exposing new hope in humanity, writes Danny Ryan Youssef.
- Danny Ryan Youssef
- 11 May 2016
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A red line in Merthyr’s dirty opencast coal mine
In Merthyr, the struggle against disastrous extraction projects continues, writes Russell Warfield.
- Russell Warfield
- 9 May 2016
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Is Cambodia’s skyscraper dream a nightmare?
The building work currently going on in Phnom Penh may also reveal the inadequacies of the country’s ‘progress’, writes David Hutt.
- David Hutt
- 6 May 2016
- 3
Life in an Indian slum
This is something that even middle class Indians have no clue about, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 6 May 2016
- 3
Peru’s independent media under attack
A blow for press freedom occurs just as the country prepares for a new ultra-right government, writes Stephanie Boyd.
- Stephanie Boyd
- 5 May 2016
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Impeachment of Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff is a setback for the whole country
Increased political polarization has fueled the growth of the far right wing and repression of social movements, writes Sarah Roure.
- Sarah Roure
- 5 May 2016
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